TEAM FINGERPRINT · COMPARE
Cincinnati Bengals 2025 vs Buffalo Bills 2019
Two offensive identities side by side — any team, any season against any other — the flow of each attack and a play-calling ledger with the shift on every metric.
Play-calling ledger · the shift is Cincinnati Bengals 2025 minus Buffalo Bills 2019
| Metric | CIN | Shift | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | 1,044 | — | 1,080 |
| Pass rate | 65.8% | +6.3% | 59.5% |
| Shotgun rate | 79.7% | +31.7% | 48.0% |
| Explosive rate | 11.9% | −1.7% | 13.6% |
| Success rate | 45.5% | +3.7% | 41.8% |
| Personnel groupings | |||
| 11 personnel | 65.2% | −4.9% | 70.1% |
| 12 personnel | 30.3% | +20.9% | 9.4% |
| 21 personnel | 1.9% | −8.0% | 9.9% |
| 13 personnel | 0.0% | −4.2% | 4.2% |
| 22 personnel | 0.0% | −3.4% | 3.4% |
| 23 personnel | 0.0% | −1.4% | 1.4% |
| Other personnel | 2.6% | +0.9% | 1.7% |
Read the ledger, then the flows below: the table is the precise shift; the alluvials are the shape.
Cincinnati Bengals · 2025
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 600 |
|---|---|
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 200 |
| 12 personnel → Under Center | 100 |
| 11 personnel → Under Center | 68 |
| Other → Shotgun | 23 |
| 12 personnel → Pistol | 16 |
| 11 personnel → Pistol | 13 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 9 |
| 21 personnel → Under Center | 9 |
| Other → Under Center | 4 |
| 21 personnel → Pistol | 2 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 624 |
| Shotgun → Run | 208 |
| Under Center → Run | 132 |
| Under Center → Pass | 49 |
| Pistol → Run | 17 |
| Pistol → Pass | 14 |
| Pass → Failure | 374 |
| Pass → Success | 223 |
| Run → Failure | 195 |
| Run → Success | 128 |
| Pass → Explosive | 90 |
| Run → Explosive | 34 |
Buffalo Bills · 2019
| 11 personnel → Shotgun | 464 |
|---|---|
| 11 personnel → Singleback | 175 |
| 11 personnel → Empty | 114 |
| 12 personnel → Singleback | 76 |
| 21 personnel → I_Form | 64 |
| 13 personnel → Singleback | 39 |
| 22 personnel → I_Form | 31 |
| 21 personnel → Shotgun | 27 |
| 12 personnel → Shotgun | 19 |
| 21 personnel → Empty | 14 |
| 23 personnel → Jumbo | 14 |
| Other → Empty | 11 |
| Other → Shotgun | 6 |
| 22 personnel → Jumbo | 4 |
| 11 personnel → Other | 3 |
| 12 personnel → Empty | 3 |
| 13 personnel → Empty | 3 |
| 21 personnel → Singleback | 2 |
| 22 personnel → Empty | 2 |
| 11 personnel → I_Form | 1 |
| 12 personnel → I_Form | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Jumbo | 1 |
| 12 personnel → Other | 1 |
| 13 personnel → I_Form | 1 |
| 13 personnel → Jumbo | 1 |
| 13 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| 23 personnel → Shotgun | 1 |
| Other → Other | 1 |
| Shotgun → Pass | 385 |
| Singleback → Run | 199 |
| Empty → Pass | 137 |
| Shotgun → Run | 133 |
| Singleback → Pass | 93 |
| I_Form → Run | 75 |
| I_Form → Pass | 23 |
| Jumbo → Run | 17 |
| Empty → Run | 10 |
| Jumbo → Pass | 3 |
| Other → Run | 3 |
| Other → Pass | 2 |
| Pass → Failure | 368 |
| Run → Failure | 261 |
| Pass → Success | 181 |
| Run → Success | 123 |
| Pass → Explosive | 94 |
| Run → Explosive | 53 |